Dec. 6, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
This Saturday is the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice and it is expected that thousands of people worldwide support the demonstrations and activities carried out in Poznan, Poland, where the COP 14 to the UN Convention on Climate Change is...
Read More »Dec. 6, 2008 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
This Saturday is the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice and it is expected that thousands of people worldwide support the demonstrations and activities carried out in Poznan, Poland, where the COP 14 to the UN Convention on Climate Change is...
Read More »Dec. 5, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Press at the entrance to the climate convention’s media center here were treated this morning to an unexpected press conference on the so-called Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the world’s biggest carbon offsets market.
Read More »Dec. 3, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
For many years, developing country parties have expressed deep frustration and disappointment with the Global Environment Facility – otherwise known as the GEF. The G77 and China (representing over 130 developing countries) have been crystal...
Read More »Dec. 2, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
On Tuesday, Friends of the Earth International released the report, REDD myths: A critical review of proposed mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries. I spoke at a panel event to release the public...
Read More »Dec. 2, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
As talks continue, developing country negotiators reminded rich, industrialized countries on Tuesday of the big picture: we undeniably have to reduce unsustainable consumption to address the climate crisis. Unfortunately, Japan appears to not real...
Read More »Dec. 2, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
We arrived this past weekend in Poznan, Poland to attend the 14th annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as the 14th Conference of Parties. Official representatives – or “delega...
Read More »Nov. 18, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
For the first time in decades, the nuclear power industry is considering building new nuclear reactors in the United States. They claim that nuclear power is a solution to global warming, but that’s just not true. Indeed, nuclear power costs...
Read More »Nov. 18, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Automobile, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Utilities Companies This report is Friends of the Earth’s fifth annual review of climate change reporting in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of automobile, manufacturi...
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